mkfs.ext2

mkfs.ext2

A mkfs.ext2 implementation in Go

Usage

# Print all flags
mkfs.ext2 -help

# Create a file with a filesystem
# (automatically determines blocks, if file.ext2 doesn't exist then it's 1 GiB)
mkfs.ext2 -device file.ext2

# Create a filesystem on a real device (automatically determines blocks)
mkfs.ext2 -device /dev/sdX

Objects

• Superblock
• Device
• Bgdt
  • BgdtEntry
• Inode (partial, only used to create root inode)
• Filesystem